EP0476886A1 - Gasgeneratorvorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP0476886A1
EP0476886A1 EP91308075A EP91308075A EP0476886A1 EP 0476886 A1 EP0476886 A1 EP 0476886A1 EP 91308075 A EP91308075 A EP 91308075A EP 91308075 A EP91308075 A EP 91308075A EP 0476886 A1 EP0476886 A1 EP 0476886A1
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Youji 39-2 Aza-Uranoshima Tasaki
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R21/00—Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks
    • B60R21/02—Occupant safety arrangements or fittings, e.g. crash pads
    • B60R21/16—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags
    • B60R21/26—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid flow
    • B60R21/264—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid flow using instantaneous generation of gas, e.g. pyrotechnic
    • B60R21/2644—Inflatable occupant restraints or confinements designed to inflate upon impact or impending impact, e.g. air bags characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid flow using instantaneous generation of gas, e.g. pyrotechnic using only solid reacting substances, e.g. pellets, powder

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  • the present invention relates to a gas generating device for inflating an air bag to protect a driver in a vehicle, and more particularly, to a gas generating device equipped with filters.
  • a conventional gas generating device of this type is disclosed, for example, in Japanese Patent Publication No. 2-19020.
  • This gas generating device 30 retains a pelletized gas generating composition 36 in its combustion chamber 31, as shown in Fig. 8.
  • an igniting device for igniting the gas generating composition 36
  • a primary filter 32 for collecting the residue of a burnt gas generating composition.
  • a cooling chamber 37 where a secondary filter 39 is located to cool gas and to condense solid state particles (burning residue).
  • the gas generating composition 36 burns to generate gas, which passes through the primary filter 32 and enters a diffusion space.
  • the gas is then purified by the secondary filter 39 so as to be supplied through a gas exhaust port into an air bag.
  • the primary filter 32 consists of three elements: a layered metal wide mesh screen 33 in the vicinity of the inner wall of the combustion chamber 31, a glass fiber cloth 34 located inward of the screen 33, and a layered metal fine mesh screen 35 located inward of the cloth 34.
  • the conventional gas generating device uses a glass fiber cloth for the primary filter 32. While the glass fiber cloth effectively collects burning residue, it may be melted by the heat of the gas generating composition. When melted, the glass fiber cloth becomes sticky. The glass fiber and the residue will therefore be integrated so as to cause clogging in the glass fiber cloth 34, or the melted glass fiber will be adhered to the screen 33 to cause clogging. Under these circumstances, the inner pressure of the combustion chamber 31 substantially rises, and the walls of the combustion chamber 31 and the cooling chamber 37 are deformed, so that the gas is discharged without passing through the secondary filter 39, i.e., a short path phenomenon occurs.
  • the secondary filter 39 of the conventional gas generating device like the primary filter 32 consists of three elements. These elements are a multi-layered wide metal wire mesh, a multi-layered aluminium silicate cover that surrounds the wire mesh, and a fine screen. These are arranged outward in the named order.
  • the individual elements of the secondary filter 39 tend to have inappropriately high bulk densities. Thus, the gases do not pass therethrough a quickly as desired. Thus the internal pressure in the gas generating device may rise abnormally rise or clogging may occur in the filter.
  • Japanese Unexaminated Patent Publication No. 2-155861 discloses the use of a heat-resistant porous material, an inorganic fibrous sheet, a porous ceramic filter, a dutch woven wire mesh and a fine wire mesh in combination, as a secondary filter.
  • the dutch woven wire mesh is woven like the surface of tatami (Japanese mat) with vertical lines Lv and transverse lines Lt which extend close to one another in a transverse direction, as shown in Fig. 9. Since the bulk densities of the elements of such a secondary filter as those of the above-described secondary filter, are improperly set, it is not possible to solve the problem about the abnormal rise of the internal pressure of the gas generating device and the clogging of the filters.
  • the gas generating device of the present invention includes a gas generating composition, which is burned by an igniting means to generate gas, and a primary filter for filtering burnt gas.
  • the gas generating composition and the filter are placed in a combustion chamber having a primary gas exhausting port.
  • the primary filter is chemically inactive with the respect to the burnt products of the gas generating composition.
  • the filter comprises a metal screen whose melting point is equal to or higher than the burning temperature of the gas generating composition.
  • a cooling chamber which communicates via the primary gas exhausting port with the combustion chamber.
  • a secondary filter is disposed which cools gas coming out of the combustion chamber and filters the burning residue in the gas.
  • the secondary filter includes a ceramic fibrous sheet with a bulk density of in the range of about 0.10 to 0.30 g/cm3 and the filtering period in the range of about 1.0 to 6.0 sec/300 cc per 1-mm thickness (time needed to pass 300 cc of gas through the filter).
  • FIG. 1 An igniter chamber 1 is formed in the center portion of a housing 19 of the gas generating device. On the inner bottom of the igniter chamber 1 is fixed a squib 2a to which a lead 2b is connected. The igniter chamber 1 is filled around the upper portion of the squib 2a with an igniter material 3. The squib 2a and the igniter material 3 constitute an igniting means.
  • An annular combustion chamber 4 is formed concentrically around the igniter chamber 1. Igniter chamber ports 5 are formed through an intermediate wall between the igniter chamber 1 and the combustion chamber 4 to permit communication between these chambers. Gas generating composition pellets 6 are retained in this combustion chamber 4, and a combustion filter (primary filter) 7 is disposed therein.
  • An annular cooling chamber 8 is provided around the combustion chamber 4 such that it is concentric with the igniter chamber 1.
  • a combustion chamber port (primary gas exhaust port) 9 is formed through an intermediate wall between the combustion chamber 4 and the cooling chamber 8 to permit communication therebetween.
  • the primary filter 7 is disposed in the combustion chamber 4 so as to cover the port 9 and so that the port 9 faces nearly the middle height of the primary filter 7.
  • a gas exhaust port (secondary gas exhaust port) 10 is formed in the outer wall of the cooling chamber 8, so that the chamber 8 communicates with the outside of the gas generating device.
  • a secondary filter 11 is disposed in the cooling chamber 8 so as to cover the gas exhaust port 10.
  • a collision detector also installed in the vehicle activates the squib 2a to ignite the igniter material 3.
  • the flame and the heat caused by ignition of the igniter material 3 propagates through the ports 5 into the combustion chamber 4, reaching the pellets 6, and the pellets 6 start burning.
  • the combustion raises the internal pressure of the combustion chamber 4.
  • the hot gas and burning residue, originated in the combustion chamber 4 pass through the primary filter 7, they are properly cooled down and the residue is filtered. Then, this gas flows through the port 9 into the cooling chamber 8.
  • the burnt gas is further cooled down and unfiltered burning residue is collected. The burning residue is therefore collected efficiently and effectively.
  • the cooled gas flows through the gas exhaust port 10 into the air bag to surely inflate end expand the air bag.
  • the primary filter 7 comprises a metal mesh screen which should be made of metal that does not chemically react with the burnt products of the pellets 6 and has a melting point equal to the burning temperature of the pellets 6 (500 to 1400°C) or greater.
  • the material may be metal, such as stainless steel, iron, nickel or aluminum, or an alloy of the mentioned metals.
  • Stainless steel is the most preferable material. It is not suitable to use certain non-metallic materials, such as glass fibers, which start melting at the burning temperature of the pellets 6 to become adhesive. Similarly, certain metals, such as lead, which have a melting point lower than the burning temperature of the pellets 6 should not be used.
  • Each gas generator pellet 6 typically comprises sodium azide and an oxidant.
  • Another improper material for the primary filter 7 is a compound, such as aluminum silicate, which chemically reacts with the burning residue of the pellets, i.e., sodium oxide.
  • a metal mesh screen with a mesh size in the range of 8 to 100 (wires per inch) is used.
  • the primary filter 7 is constituted of one type of mesh as shown in Fig. 2, it is preferable to use a metal mesh screen 12 having a mesh size in the range of 18 to 30.
  • a compressed wire filter 13 made of knit wires equivalent to 18 to 50 wires per inch as shown in Fig. 4 may also be used as long as it has the same cooling and filtering effects as the screen 12. This compressed wire filter 13 is preferable because of its high mass-productivity and good filtering effect.
  • the primary filter 7 may consist of two types of metal mesh screens to have a two-layered structure. More specifically, as shown in Fig. 5, a wide mesh screen is disposed on the pellet 6 side (on the right side in the diagram) and a fine mesh screen is located on the side of the peripheral wall of the combustion chamber 4 (on the left side in the diagram). For instance, it is preferable that a metal mesh screen 14 having a mesh size in the range of 8 to 10 be positioned on the pellet 6 side, while a metal mesh screen 15 with a mesh size of 18 to 30 is positioned on the peripheral wall side of the combustion chamber 4.
  • the primary filter 7 may consist of three types of metal mesh screens. More specifically, the individual screens are disposed in such a way that the widest mesh screen is positioned on the pellet side, a finer mesh screen comes next, and the finest mesh screen is located on the peripheral wall side, as shown in Fig. 6. For instance, a metal mesh screen 14 with 8 to 10 wires per inch, a medium-wide metal mesh screen 16 with 12 to 18 wires per inch and a metal mesh screen 17 with 24 to 100 wires per inch, are positioned toward the peripheral wall side from the pellet side in the named order.
  • each metal mesh screen When the mesh size of each metal mesh screen is less than 8 wires per inch, the filtering is insufficient, whereas when the mesh size exceeds 100 wires per inch, the screen will easily cause clogging, both cases being undesirable.
  • the primary filter 7 may be constituted of a combination of a compressed wire filter of knit wires and a metal mesh screen, or four or more layers of metal mesh screens.
  • the weight of the primary filter 7, through depending on materials, is in the range of 20 to 80% by weight of the total weight of the pellets 6, and preferably within 40 to 60% by weight. If the weight of the filter 7 is less than 20% by weight, the amount of filtering is too small to provide enough cooling and filtering effects. If the weight of the filter 7 exceeds 80% by weight, sufficient cooling and filtering effects are generally obtained, whereas gas is cooled more than needed, and the total amount of gas exhausted from the gas generating device is reduced, so that an air bag does not expand sufficiently.
  • the primary filter 7 cools the gas more effectively than the secondary filter 11 does.
  • the amount of the secondary filter 11 in use has to be reduced when the amount of the primary filter 7 in use is increased.
  • the weight, of the secondary filter 11 would then be approximately 110 g. If a 60 g primary filter 7 is used (about 67% of the weight of the pellets 6), the weight of the secondary filter 11 would be about 80 g.
  • a rectangle, trapezoid or fan may be adopted as the cross section of the primary filter 7 as needed.
  • the height (width) of the primary filter 7 from the bottom of the combustion chamber 4 may be set equal to that of the combustion chamber 4. It is more preferable that the height of the filter 7 be 1.5 to 4 times the diameter of the port 9. If the height of the filter 7 is less than 1.5 times the diameter of the port 9, gas might pass from the combustion chamber 4 to the cooling chamber 8 without being cooled and filtered sufficiently. If the height of the filter 7 exceeds four times that diameter, the weight of the filter will increase, so will the manufacturing cost of the gas generating device.
  • the secondary filter 11 consists of a plain woven wire mesh 21, a laminate of a ceramic fiber sheet 22, a dutch woven wire mesh 23, and a plain woven wire mesh 24, as shown in Fig. 7. These elements are disposed in layers from the combustion chamber side to the cooling chamber side and along the inner wall of the cooling chamber 8.
  • the plain woven wire mesh 21 closest to the combustion chamber 4 serves to cool and filter the burnt products of the pellets 6. Its mesh size is in the range of the 18 to 100 wires per inch, preferably in the range of 24 to 50. When the mesh size of the plain woven wire mesh 21 is less than 18 wires per inch, the filtering performance is insufficient, whereas when this mesh size exceeds 100 wires per inch, the mesh 21 will be clogged, both cases being undesirable.
  • the plain woven wire mesh 21 When in use, the plain woven wire mesh 21 turned one layer or more. With the plain woven wire mesh 21 having less than one turn, the filtering performance is insufficient; the upper limit of the weight of the mesh is set below the weight of the pellets to be used. If the amount or weight of the plain woven wire mesh 21 in use exceeds the weight of the pellets, gas is excessively cooled while the burning residue is collected, undesirably.
  • the material for the plain woven wire mesh 21 is selected from metals, such as stainless steel, iron, nickel and aluminum, or an alloy of the mentioned metals. Stainless steel and iron are the most preferable materials.
  • the laminate of the ceramic fiber sheet 22 and the dutch woven wire mesh 23 is disposed inward of the plain woven wire mesh 21.
  • the ceramic fiber sheet 22 essentially consists of silicone dioxide (SiO2) and alumina (Al2O3), and is formed into a sheet by an organic or inorganic binder.
  • the ceramic fiber sheet 22 may contain a metal fiber or glass fiber with a diameter of several ⁇ m. The finer the mesh of the ceramic fiber sheet 22 is, the higher performance becomes, but the gas-passing resistance increases, raising the internal pressure of the gas generating device.
  • the use of the ceramic fiber sheet 22 therefore requires that the bulk density be maintained appropriately while reducing the mesh size to some extent, thereby ensuring good air permeability.
  • the ceramic fiber sheet 22 used in this embodiment has a bulk density of 0.10 to 0.30 g/cm3 and a filtering period per 1-mm thickness of 1.0 to 6.0 sec/300 cc.
  • the ceramic fiber sheet 22 serves to collect the minute burning residue, metallic sodium (Na), sodium oxide (Na2O) and the like contained in the burnt gas.
  • the sheet 22 When the bulk density of the ceramic fiber sheet 22 is less than 0.10 g/cm3 or the filtering period per 1-mm thickness is less than 1.0 sec/300 cc, the sheet 22 undesirably has a low performance of collecting the burning residue or the like. When the bulk density exceeds 0.30 g/cm3 or the filtering period per 1-mm thickness exceeds 6.0 sec/300 cc, the filtering period is slow though the filtering performance is high. This will result in an undesirable rise of the internal pressures of the cooling chamber 8 and the combustion chamber 4.
  • the dutch woven wire mesh 23 is laminated outside the ceramic fiber sheet 22 in order to reinforce the sheet 22 and prevent the sheet 22 from being damaged.
  • the dutch woven wire mesh 23, having vertical lines Lv and transverse lines Lt, is woven in such a manner that the transverse lines Lt may extend close to one another in the transverse direction, as shown in Fig. 9.
  • the dutch woven wire mesh 23 may be made of the same material as the plain woven wire mesh 21.
  • the dutch woven wire mesh 23 in use has 20/100 to 150/1000 wires per inch, where the numerator represents the number of the vertical lines Lv within the interval of one inch (25.4 mm) and the denominators the number of the transverse lines Lt.
  • the filtered particle size of the wire mesh with 20/100 wires per inch is about 200 ⁇ m, and the filtered particle size of the wire mesh with 150/1000 wires per inch is about 30 ⁇ m.
  • the mesh size is less than 20/100 wires per inch, the mesh is wide to provide a good air permeability, but the ceramic fiber is easily damaged so that its broken pieces may easily come out through the meshes, unsuitably.
  • the mesh size exceeds 150/1000 wires per inch, on the other hand, the mesh is fine and clogging may easily occur, resulting in an undesirable rise of the internal pressure of the gas generating device.
  • the laminate of the ceramic fiber sheet 22 and the dutch woven wire mesh 23, when in use, is turned one to three layers as needed.
  • Fig. 7 exemplifies a two-layered laminate. With the amount of the laminate in use being less than one layer, the filtering effect is insufficient. When the amount of the laminate exceeds three layers, providing a sufficient filtering effect, large amounts of the fine ceramic fiber sheet 22 and dutch woven wire mesh 23 are used so that the pressure less to the flow rate increases, thus raising the internal pressures of the cooling chamber 8 and the combustion chamber 4.
  • the outermost plain woven wire mesh 24 in the secondary filter 11 has a mesh size of 8 to 50.
  • This plain woven wire mesh 24 serves to reinforce the dutch woven wire mesh 23 of the laminate located inward of the mesh 24, so that it can endure the gas pressure applied to the dutch woven wire mesh 23 and prevent the mesh 23 from being broken.
  • the plain woven wire mesh 24 When the plain woven wire mesh 24 has a mesh size of less than 8, the mesh is too wide to endure the gas pressure applied to the dutch woven wire mesh 23 located inward of the mesh 24. When the plain woven wire mesh 24 has a mesh size of more than 50, the wire diameter becomes too small to have a sufficient strength, which is not desirable.
  • the material for the plain woven wire mesh 24 is the same as that for the plain woven wire mesh 21.
  • the plain woven wire mesh 24, when in use is turned one to three layers as needed. Without the plain woven wire mesh 24, there would be fewer passages for gas and the pressures in the combustion chamber 4 and the cooling chamber 8 undesirably rise. With the mesh 24 turned more than three layers, although the sufficient passage for gas can be secured, the weight of the mesh will undesirably be increased.
  • three specific types of filters members are wound a predetermined number of times and are laminated one on another to serve as the secondary filter 11, so that the burnt gas generated by the gas generating composition pellets can efficiently be cooled and the burnt products can surely be collected without causing clogging in the filter.
  • gaskets 18 of silicone rubber or graphite which is heat-resistant and flame-retardant in order to prevent leakage of any burnt gas.
  • the gaskets 18 are 0.5 to 2 mm thick. With the gaskets 18 being less than 0.5 mm thick, the wire meshes do not sufficiently cut into the gaskets so that the wire meshes will not be held at their proper positions, causing a gas leakage. With the thickness of the gaskets 18 exceeding 2 mm, the wire meshes will cut deep into the gaskets unnecessarily and the reactive force will undesirably deform the wire meshes.
  • the bulk density is 0.6 to 1.4 g/cm3.
  • the gas sealing performance is insufficient, while with the density exceeding 1.4 g/cm3, the gaskets become too hard, so that the wire meshes will not easily cut into the gaskets.
  • the housing 19 of the gas generating device 20 with the individual sections of the following sizes was formed of 1-mm thick stainless steel.
  • the secondary filter 11 accommodated in the cooling chamber 8 comprises the following elements.
  • a stainless steel plain woven wire mesh 21 This is the inner layer of the filter 11.
  • the physical dimensions of the wire mesh 21 were:
  • the physical dimensions of the ceramic fiber sheet 22 were:
  • Stainless dutch woven wire mesh 23 had the following dimensions:
  • the pellets 6 contained in the combustion chamber 4 is pelletized and consists of the following elements.
  • the primary filter 7 comprises a stainless steel plain woven wire mesh whose dimension is as follows.
  • a tank tester with a capacity of 60 liters was attached to the gas generating device.
  • the pressure in the combustion chamber 4, the internal pressure of the tank tester and the amount of metallic sodium as a burnt product discharged into the tank were measured.
  • the maximum pressure in the combustion chamber 4 was 81 kgf/cm2, the maximum pressure in the tank 2.2 kgf/cm2, and the exhausted amount of sodium 14 mg. These values were very favorable for the gas generating device for an air bag.
  • the allowable pressure in the tank is generally 1.6 to 3.0 kgf/cm2.
  • Test was carried out in the same manner as in Example 1 using the same gas generating device except for the following structure.
  • Second stainless steel plain woven screen provided inward of the first screen.
  • the maximum internal pressure of the combustion chamber 4 was 65 kgf/cm2, the maximum internal pressure of the tank was 2.1 kgf/cm2, and the exhausted amount of sodium was 17 mg.
  • the test results for Example 2 showed very favorable values as per Example 1.
  • Test was carried out in the same manner as in Example 1 using the same gas generating device except for the following structure.
  • the maximum internal pressure of the combustion chamber 4 was 104 kgf/cm2, the maximum internal pressure of the tank was 2.07 kgf/cm2, and the exhausted amount of sodium was 24 mg.
  • the test results for Example 3 showed vary favorable values.
  • Test was carried out in the same manner as in Example 1 using the same gas generating device except for the following structure.
  • Second stainless steel plain woven wire mesh 21 placed outward of the first plain woven wire mesh.
  • the maximum internal pressure of the combustion chamber 4 was 83 kgf/cm2, the maximum internal pressure of the tank was 2.30 kgf/cm2, and the exhausted amount of sodium was 48 mg.
  • the test results for Example 4 showed vary favorable values.
  • tests of examples 5 to 12 were carried out in the same manner as in Example 1, using the same structure of the secondary filter as in Example 1 and ceramic fiber sheets having bulk densities and filtering periods shown in Table 1. The results are also shown in Table 1.
  • Glass fiber filter provided in middle.
  • the structure of the gas generating device used in Comparative Example 2 was different from that in Example 1 in the following.
  • Example 2 Test was conducted in the same manner as in Example 1.
  • the internal pressure of the combustion chamber 4 rose to 90 kgf/cm2 at a maximum, a little higher than that in Example 1. Since the cooling and filtering performances in the combustion chamber 4 were insufficient and clogging occurred in the secondary filter 11 in the cooling chamber 8, the internal pressure of the tank considerably increased to 4.5 kgf/cm2 at a maximum, and the exhausted amount of sodium to 420 mg.
  • the structure of the gas generating device used in Comparative Example 3 was different from that in Example 1 in the following.
  • Example 1 This test was carried out in the same manner as in Example 1 using the same gas generating device as in Example 1, except that the primary filter 7 in Example 1 weighed 10g (approximately 10% of the weight of the pellets 6).
  • the internal pressure of the combustion chamber 4 rose to 98 kgf/cm2 at a maximum, a little higher than that in Example 1. Since the cooling and filtering performances were insufficient in the combustion chamber 4, clogging occurred in the secondary filter 11 in the cooling chamber 8 was blocked. The internal pressure of the tank therefore considerably increased to 4.2 kgf/cm2 at a maximum, and the exhausted amount of sodium to 180 mg.
  • Example 1 This test was carried out in the same manner as in Example 1 using the same gas generating device as in Example 1, except that the primary filter 7 in Example 1 weighed 80g (approximately 80% of the weight of the pellets 6).
  • the internal pressure of the combustion chamber 4 rose to 92 kgf/cm2 at a maximum, a little higher than that in Example 1. Since the combustion chamber 4 was cooled more than necessary, the internal pressure of the tank therefore dropped to 1.2 kgf/cm2.
  • Comparative Example 6 the laminate of the ceramic fiber sheet 22 and the stainless steel dutch woven wire mesh 23, as the secondary filter 11 in Example 1, were turned four layers.
  • the other structure was the same as that in Example 1.
  • Example 1 The secondary filter 11 in Example 1 was altered to an 8-mesh stainless steel plain woven metal screen with the wire of 1.0 mm in diameter and having a single turn.
  • the other structure was the same as that in Example 1, and test was carried out in the same manner as Example 1.
  • the cooling and filtering performances were insufficient, and the internal pressure in the filter chamber increased to 89 kgf/cm2 at a maximum, slightly higher than that in Example 1.
  • the internal pressure of the tank however increased to 4.10 kgf/cm2 at a maximum, and the amount of sodium to 120 mg, both being very high values.
  • Example 2 This test was carried out in the same manner as in Example 1 using the same gas generating device as in Example 1, except that the ceramic fiber sheet 22 and the stainless dutch wire mesh 23 used in Example 2 were not employed.
  • the test results showed that the internal pressure of the cooling chamber 8 dropped to 36 kgf/cm2 at a maximum while the internal pressure of the tank was 10 kgf/cm2, a very high level. Further, a large amount of fine residue was discharged into the tank, and a great amount of sodium, 820 mg, was detected.
  • Comparative Example 9 where the bulk density was the less than 0.10 g/cm3 is not preferable because of the increased exhaust amount of sodium. With the bulk density being greater than 0.30 g/cm3, the internal pressure of the combustion chamber 4 increases as in Compared Example 10, undesirably. Comparative Example 11 wherein filtering period was below 1.0 sec/300cc is not proper either, because of the increased amount of sodium. Further, Comparative Example 12 wherein filtering period was over 6.0 sec/300cc is not preferable either because of the rise in the internal pressure of the combustion chamber 4.

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